Being a Parent

Dad’s Job

A local Dad discusses his personal relationship with his father to understand the pressures of being a parent.

Why Do Parents Blog?

Considering being a "Mommy Blogger" or just want to learn more? This article discusses how PSP's (former) blog editor first started blogging!

"Real Parents" of NYC - NOT.

An interview with Lenore Skenazy of "Free Range Kids" fame - about one mom who broke all the parenting rules.

 

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The Dad Amount

Local Dad examines at his parenting techniques through the lens of his international friends.

Rabbits and Horses and Bears

One local dad shares his story on the little gestures we as parents do that turn into a unique family habit.

 

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Parenting Icons - Why I Love Lois

One mom talks about TV's iconic moms - especially her love of the mother from the TV show, Malcolm in the Middle

 

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The Best Place to Raise Kids?

One parent shares her personal experience of being a Mom in Brooklyn.

The Parenting Crack I Smoked

A personal anecdote on the extremes of parenting consumer culture

Exile on Dad Street

What Keith Richards can teach us about being parents.

 

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Sharing MegaMind - Equally

What one parent learned about being a Mom from the movie MegaMind

 

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The E Word

Evaluating evaluation: how one parent interprets evaluation.

Ice on a Hot Stove

An article about what one local dad learned from popular and literary culture - from Homer Simpson to Atticus Finch.

A Vivid Awareness

a personal account about the ups and downs of parenting.

Park Slope Anthropology: The "Mom Purse"

One mom humorously discusses the contents and disorganization of the contents in a typical mothers handbag.

 

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Reflections of a Flex Dad

One local dad talks about what being a father means to him.

 

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Simple Pleasures

An article about the simple pleasures local Park Slope Parents allow for themselves.

Monkey Mama

An opinion, personal story about being a parent in the neighborhood - using monkey's as an allegory.

Being Here Now

one Dad discusses the small victories of being a Parent.

 

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Lesbian Parenting – In Research and In Real Life (Mine)

A personal story about being a Lesbian mom.

The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk

A book review

The Magic of Special Time

The importance of making time just for your kids.